"Sounds like a plan!" Meeting and event planners take those words very seriously. They chart the course of the biggest happenings around the nation and around the world. Never gave much thought to the work of meeting and event planners? That is because when you attend the gatherings they plan, these events come off seamlessly, as if the event is running itself. In fact, it takes months of hard, painstaking, behind-the-scenes work to make this undertaking look effortless. While the job may seem easy, anyone who has tried to organize even a small meeting or event knows better.